Is there an Elks Club anywhere in the world with a better view? I find it hard to imagine so.
Perfect Morn
Rough start to the morning made much easier to manage with a new bag of coffee! So grateful for local products on Cape Ann. How lucky are we?
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More Sunflowers to Brighten Your Day
Dave Fernandes’ recent post of Colby Farm sunflowers gave me the idea to share these additional shots on this first full day of spring. These are from a couple of years ago.
Despite the number of visitors shown here as a reality check: (and every single one of them has a camera and a child they are attempting to pose)
You can get some shots that will brighten up any dreary day if you work around the crowds a bit:
Spring has officially arrived!
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April Vacation Art Classes at Art Haven
5 great classes—a different theme every day.
Monday : Paper Airplanes
Tuesday : Fairy Houses
Wednesday : Art for Nature Lovers
Thursday : Simple Animation
Friday : Paint Like Georgia O’Keeffe
Classes run 9-12 p.m.
$30 per day
Sibling discounts and Scholarships available.
Space is Limited. Register today at http://www.arthaven.org/school-vacation
Summer Programs are Here Too! Look on our website for more info.
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This Friday—Soulful Collage at Art Haven
A Creative Workshop for Adults
We’ll be spending this Friday evening making collage. Join us! Beautiful papers, Simple instructions, BYOB. Enjoy and evening with friends making art that speaks from the heart.
$20. More info at www.arthaven.org/workshops
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Vernal Equinox falls on Tuesday, March 20, 2018, at 12:15pm From tom Philbrook
GREETINGS! The Vernal Equinox falls on Tuesday, March 20, 2018, at 12:15pm EDT. Wishing you and yours a blissful and beautiful season!
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GLOUCESTER HARBOR PRETTY IN PINK
Gloucester Harbor Sunset
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HAPPY FIRST DAY OF SPRING!
Thinking about tomorrow’s predicted nor’easter, the fourth this month of March, and hoping the old proverb “In like a lion, and out like a lamb” holds true. Many spring ephemerals are already showinging themselves and it won’t be long before the peonies are poking their red tipped heads out from beneath the leaf litter. Happy first day of spring!
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Beautiful Fish: Alligator Fish -By Al Bezanson
ALLIGATOR FISH; SEA POACHER
Nothing whatever is known of the life of the alligator fish except that it is a bottom fish and that it has been repeatedly found in the stomachs of cod, haddock, and halibut although it is not “much thicker or softer than an iron spike.”[18] The Grampus and the Albatross II have trawled it both on pebbly bottom, on sand and broken shells, and on soft mud. So far as known adults never stray into water shoaler than 10 to 15 fathoms, and the deepest record for it, with which we are acquainted, is from 104 fathoms.[19] Its range shows that it is a cold water fish. Its upper temperature limit is about 50°-52°; its lower limit close to the freezing point of salt water. Its breeding habits are unknown. Probably its eggs sink like those of sculpins.
Five to seven inches long when full grown.
From Fishes of the Gulf of Maine by Bigelow and Schroeder (1953) online courtesy of MBL/WHOIhttp://www.gma.org/fogm/A_monopterygius.htm
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Must Have For Any True BBQ Fan- Pro Dimpled Meat Cutting Knife
In the past I’ve struggled to get those nice even clean cuts when slicing large cuts of meat. When watching lots of youtube and instagram videos there was one constant with what the pros were using- a dimpled slicing knife.
Didn’t know it could make such a difference but now that I’ve had one for a couple of months I can say that for $24.99 its probably the best BBQ accesory money I’ve spent all year long.
Here’s the link to the one I got –
These cuts are about 3/16 inch thick and sliced perfectly and effortlessly.
Here’s a video from when I cut the last corned beef brisket I made last week into a little thicker slices-
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Little River at High Tide
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Sista Felicia’s Kitchen Easter Cookie Gift Sets On Sale Now!
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Magnolia Library Easter Egg Hunt Save the Date
The Easter Egg Hunt presented by the Women’s Community Club of Magnolia.
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Rebecca Loebe and Jesse Terry at Old Sloop This Saturday
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A Circle of Friends!
Last night was the final night of St. Joseph’s, the final night to gather to celebrate the amazing six weeks that ends with putting the saints to bed for another year. Of course there is still a small altar where candles are lit and prayers are offered all year.
The Novena girls are an extraordinary group of women where ideas and dreams lead to trust, connection, love, friendship, faith and amazing productivity working all together. Teamwork really does make the dream work!
A salute to the team with love!
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Amici bring former AGO Martha Coakley vs AGO and Berkshire Museum Trustees
Standing Room only
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Doors open for #BerkshireMuseum case John Adams Courthouse
People are streaming in and filling seats like guests at a wedding– proponents of the sale like Berkshire Museum director Van Shields and Trustees are seated together on the left.
Attorneys greet and shake hands like team captains before a big game.
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Magnolia Pier
One of my most photographed subjects is the magnolia pier. Seeing it in its current state makes me sad but I know the people involved in the reconstruction will get her back to normal as soon as they can. For those that don’t know the Pier was severely damaged during the last few storms with damaging surf dismantling it making it unsafe . 
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Berkshire Museum court case today – order for oral arguments as follows
Courtroom 2 at John Adams Courthouse is quiet now but come noon today the Berkshire Museum deaccession art case will have it’s next day in court, this time the highest in the Commonwealth.
Attorneys for Parties (The Trustees Berkshire Museum and Massachusetts AGO) vs. Amici (Patti and Hatt groups) will present as follows:
Amici will go first Tom Patti and Hatt groups, then AGO, and Trustees last. Justice Lowy can decide to allow the patries’ petition, deny it, or reserve and report which means bringing the case back to the full court.
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Gloucester Smiles-865
Good Morning Gloucester 